Diary

Inigo Thomas

New York is no longer a city of five boroughs with a village at its centre. The latest report of the US Conference of Mayors describes it as a megacity, with the metropolitan area absorbing surrounding counties in New Jersey and New York State. This is a city with a population of 18 million and a GDP of $1 trillion, just a little lower than Spain’s. It’s the richest place on the planet. Its boundaries are hard to define. One result of New York’s growth is that Manhattan is becoming an enormous downtown: an island of hospitals, universities, malls (or mall-like developments), places of entertainment, offices – and homes for those who can afford to live there.

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[*] Quercus, 336 pp., £17.99, July, 978 1 84724 163 4.

Vol. 29 No. 16 · 16 August 2007 » Inigo Thomas » Diary (print version)
Pages 34-35 | 2713 words